Clothes-pin



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GABRIEL W. MCCOOLE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.`

CLOTHES-PIN.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,500, dated October 16, 1894. j

Application led December 29, 1893- Serial No.495,061. (N o model.)

To afZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GABRIEL W. MoCooLE, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ClothesPins, of which the following is "a full, clear, and exact description, refer- `ence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in clothes pins and consists inthe novel arrangement and combination of parts more l fully set forth in thespecication and pointed and one adapted to retain various sizes ot" garments.

The pin'is constructed of a single piece of wire. Referring to the drawings, l and 2 represent the respective jaws ofthe pin. The jaw 1 as will be seen by a reference particularly to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is in the shape of a U, be-

ing composed of the two substantially parallel long members a, a, each member a being in turn also bent in the form of a U, and serving to form the short members b, b, of the `jaw 2. As will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 3 the members b, b, lie in a plane which forms an angle with the plane in which lie themembers a, a. The terminal or free ends of the members b, b, being nearly in line with the members a, n.. The free endsof the `members b, b, are turned outwardly soas to form loops 3, said loops serving to-present a smooth surface to the fabric of the gar- AInents with which they are liable to come in contact and thus preventing the tearing or I ripping of the latter, especially laces and the like. Thesaidloops also serve as a means bers o, a, so as to bring the loops 3 formed at their free ends contiguous or adjacent to said members a, a, or adjacent to the plane of the latter. By this construction it will be seen that as the pin is slipped over the line the clothes will not only be embracedon the line, but the same will be clamped below the line. In other words the pin not onlyclamps that part of the clothes in engagement with the line, but it also clamps the clothes below the line, and hence less friction will suffice to hold the clothes on the line; besides, the members being smooth they will have a less deleterious effect on the fabric. This construction too of the pin adapts it for embracing lines of different thicknesses, theelasticity of the jaws being such as to accommodate said jaws to any ordinary clothes line. normal or usual position of the pin is as indicated in Fig. 1. In case of very thick lines the pin embraces the same near the ends of the jaws l and 2. The members a, a, and b, b, are respectively substantially parallel to The one another, and the latter members being brought into contiguous relation the pin is compact and simple.

A The advantage of having the members b, b, in contiguous relation and parallel to one another, is that by such arrangement small articles such as napkins, towels and the like can be held between such members.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A clothes pin formed of a single piece of wire and having a long U-shaped jaw composed of substantially straight parallel niem-` j IOO side of the line and clamp the same below the line, substantially as set forth. t

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. GABRIEL W. MCCOOLE Witnesses:

JAMES J. ODoNoHoE, EMIL STAEEK. 

